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A FRIENDLY TIP 

A PLAYLET IN ONE ACT 



By 
KATHARINE KAVANAUGH 

Author of ''A Gentle Touch,'' "^ Stormy Night,'* 

"The Wayfarers," "A Bachelors Baby,'* 

"A Converted Suffragist," '*The Four 

Adventurers," etc. 



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CHARACTERS 

Jim Norton rn i i ^ 

Alice Norton ^^^ husband 

Jean Downes ni'^ His ivife 

Marie . ... ^ former sweetheart 

m ' • ; The maid 

liME. — The present. 

Locality.— New York City 
liME of Playing.— About thirty minutes. 

SYNOPSIS 

old^frTenS^^^^ ^'''' ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ 

uiu irienasnip Jean and Jim discuss old times thpir 

ambitions and experiences during the last ten years 
Jim goes for opera tickets. Arrival of Jim's w1?e " 
T.T '%-^ T ^Y ^P^^i^l ^^^^^^ Jean possesses 
now to keep a husband. Jean exacts a promise from 

^Th Alic";'' '.' ""% '"?^- ^^^^^ ^^« worked wond^i" 
with Alice and when Jim meets her unexpectedly he 
hardly recognizes his wife. Through Jean '^ friendly 
tip Alice has won back her husband 's love ^ 



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COSTUMES AND CHARACTERISTICS 

Jim Norton, a good-looking man of about 35 years. 
Wears evening clothes. 

Alice Norton, a good-looking woman of refined ap- 
pearance, about 30. On her first entrance she is very 
quietly and unbecomingly dressed; her clothes are good 
but unattractive and severe looking. Her hair is 
brushed back in a plain and unbecoming fashion. She 
must use very little rouge or cosmetic at first, so that the 
difference in her appearance will be more pronounced on 
her second entrance. For her second entrance she wears 
a handsome evening gown, witli low shoes, etc. Her 
hair is done up in a becoming style and she is altogether 
a different looking person. To make this change quickly 
it will be best to wear the evening gown under the ill- 
fitting clothes on her first entrance, so that she will but 
have to take off these outer garments. 

Jean Downes, a handsome woman of about 30. 
Wears an elegant evening gown. 

Marie, a young girl of about 22. Wears a neat 
French maid's costume, with fancy apron' and ribbons. 



INCIDENTAL PROPERTIES 

A handsome coat, brought in by Marie and worn by 
Alice. 

STAGE DIRECTIONS 

As seen by a performer on the stage, facing the audi- 
ence, R. means right hand; l. left hand; c, center of 
stage; D. c, door at center; d. r., door at right; d. l., 
door at left, up means toward back of stage ; down, to- 
ward footlights. 



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SCENE. — Handsome room in Jean Downes' apart- 
ment. Early evening. Door c. leading into hall. 
Doors at r. and l. A table down l. of c. is set with 
china, glassware and silver for two, also two wine 
glasses ivhich are filled. Bunch of red roses in vase 
in center of table. Costumer near d. c. Small table 
DOWN R. Books and a mirror on small table. Chair 
near small table, also chairs at large table and wher- 
ever convenient. DISCOVERED — Marie arrang- 
ing the flowers. 

Marie {goes to d. l., speaks through door). Every- 
thing is ready. Will Madame be pleased to look ? 

ENTER Jean d. l. 

Jean {crosses to table). Beautiful! You have done 
well, Marie. 

Marie. Will Madame allow me to suggest pink roses 
instead of red? {Puts her hand out toward flowers) 

Jean {catches her hand and smiles). No, no, Marie. 
Red roses were always his favorites. I remember that — 
though it has been ten years since he gave me any. 

Marie. Ten years! Mon Dieu! A lifetime! 

Jean. Ah, Marie, when one has passed thirty, ten 
years seem only too short. 

Marie. Past thirty! Madame must not say such 
things. 

Jean. But it is true, Marie, and you know it. 

Marie. I forget it when I look at you. See {Takes 

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mirror from small table) the glass— what does it say to 
you? 

Jean. The glass lies, Marie. 

Marie. No, it speaks the truth. A woman is as old 
as she looks, and Madame is still young. The glass says 
so. {Replaces mirror. Bell rings) It is Monsieur. 

[EXITS D. c. 

Jean. Fifteen minutes ahead of time. The same old 
impatient Jim. 

ENTER Marie d. c, followed by Jim. 

Jim (gives liat to Marie and goes quickly down to 
Jean, taking both her hands). Jean! 

Jean. Jim, dear. (Marie has placed hat on cos- 
turner and has turned with her hands clasped, looking 
sentimentally at them. Jean sees her and speaks 
sharply). Marie! 

Marie {confused, puts her hand to mouth, stifles a 
cough). Oh! [EXITS quickly d. r. 

Jim {letting go of Jean's hands). By Jove, Jean, I 
came near kissing you. How a habit will cling. 

Jean. A habit ten years old? 

Jim. Ah, but it has all come back — our jolly times 
together and our rambles and talks — I say, Jean, why 
didn't you marry me? 

Jean. Why didn't you ask me? 

Jim. I always meant to. Then suddenly you went 
abroad to study, and the next thing I knew, you were 
a famous actress 

Jean. Oh, dear, no. Only a second rate performer. 

Jim. But you are known on both continents. 

Jean. I have a good press agent, that's all. 

Jim. Has it made you happy, Jean ? All this wealth 
and fame you have acquired since we parted years ago? 
Are you content? 

Jean. Contentment and happiness are hard to de- 
fine, Jim. Ten years ago I thought this was what I 
wanted, to make a name for myself, to travel, to see the 
world — now, well, now, I am not so sure. There's some- 



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thing I Ve missed — ^something every woman misses if she 
lets it go out of her life. 

Jim. What is that, Jean ? 

Jean. The love of a good man and little children. A 
home that is a home. But one cannot eat one's cake 
and have it too. This is the life I chose. I must be 
content. And you, Jim? You married, I believe? 

Jim. Yes. You see, Jean, I didn't have any artistic 
aspirations to sustain me. I was only a plain, work-a- 
day lawyer, and I craved companionship. 

Jean. Your wife ? 

Jim. a good little woman; a model wife and house- 
keeper, but totally without imagination. My house is 
alwaj^s in order, my dinner always on time, and every- 
thing done with a precision that is maddening. I never 
knew until I married how tiresome a perfectly good 
woman could be. 

Jean. Surely you do not regret 

eliM. I'm not sure. A man wants more than a mere 
housekeeper when he marries. When I am in need of 
real companionship I must seek my club, but even that 
doesn't fill the want. There is nothing so ideal as a 
perfect understanding between a man and the woman 
he has married. 

Jean. And you have not found it ? 

Jim. No. Alice and I have very little in common. 
She doesn't care for amusements, gowns, or any of the 
things the average woman glories in. Before I got your 
message I had purchased tickets for the opera to-night. 
Farrar is singing Marguerite. When I asked her to go 
she refused. I present her with an extra large check 
and simply beg her to purchase some evening gowns — I 
love to see a woman well dressed — but she considers that 
a waste of money, and fixes herself up in some old rag 
that looks like it antedated the flood. 

Jean {laughs softly). You poor boy. 

Jim. Don't misunderstand me, Jean. She is a very 
excellent woman, but, unfortunately, we are not suited 
to each other. 



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Jean (at table). Well, come, let us drown our trou- 
bles in a glass of Chartreuse. (The glasses are filled) 
Long life and happiness. {Raising her glass) 

Jim. To our renewed friendship, Jean, — {In a softer 
voice) — and to our lost opportunities. {Both drink) 
Do you remember the little place on the avenue that we 
used to drop into, Jean, where they served the little 
French dinners and the red ink they called wine? 

Jean {nods and seniles). Do I remember? It seems 
but yesterday. 

Jim. It has been ten years, my girl. You were a 
student then, I a young barrister with very little 
practice. 

Jean. Very little indeed, Jimsy. 

Jim. Well, I'll be honest, and say no practice. I'd 
wait for you outside the conservatory until you came 
tripping down the steps, then I'd tuck your arm in 
mine, and humming and chatting we'd go trotting down 
the avenue to Delatour's, the Frenchman's; then a ride 
to a park or a roof-garden, and then home. A whispered 
word or two at the door, and then good-night ! Gad, if 
we could only bring back those days — if we only could ! 

Jean {puts her hand on his). The mill will never 
grind again with the waters that are passed. 

Jim {takes her hand). We'll prove that old saying 
untrue, Jean, or we'll come pretty close to it, I need 
you — I never knew how much until to-night. We '11 take 
up our friendship where we left off, and we'll try to 
bring back the old days, as far as it lies in our power. 

Jean. Your wife? 

Jim. She won't mind. I think she finds me rather 
annoying at times, and will be glad to be rid of me. I 
told her of you; I am afraid I sang your praises too 
loudly, although she is not jealous — I don't think she 
is capable of jealousy, or love either, for that matter. 

Jean. You may be misjudging her. There is noth- 
ing so blind as a man who will not see. 

Jim. Well, enough of my personal affairs. Will you 
go to the opera with me to-night? 



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Jean. Have you the tickets ? 

Jim. I returned them, but if you will say yes, I am 
sure I can get the same seats or as good. It will take 
me but fifteen minutes, and I can get back in time for a 
bite too. 

Jean {laughing). It will be a cold bite then. We 
have let our dinner quite spoil. 

Jim. We'll have something after the opera. I'll be 
as quick as possible. We'll make an evening of it, eh, 
Jean? {Takes hat) [EXITS d. c. 

Jean. The same old Jim. How lightly time has 
touched him. {Goes to table, thoughtfully ; takes a rose 
in her hand and touches her lips with it) If we could 
only turn the years back — if we only could ! 

ENTER Marie d. r. 

Marie. Madame, shall I serve dinner? 
Jean. Not yet, Marie. Mr. Norton has gone out for 
a few moments. {Bell rings) 

Marie. The bell, Madame. Shall I answer? 

Jean. Of course. [EXIT Marie d. g. 

RE-ENTER Marie d. c, followed by Alice. 

Alice {stands in doorway and looks at Jean, who is 
at table h.). Miss Downes? 

Jean. Yes. 

Alice. I am Mrs. Norton. 

Jean. Oh. You may go, Marie. 

Marie. Yes, Madame. [EXITS d. r. 

Jean. Won't you be seated? {Indicates chair r. near 
small table) 

Alice {crosses and sits). You will think it strange 
of me to call on you. Miss Downes, when perhaps you 
do not even know me. 

Jean. I know your husband very well. Indeed, he 
is a very old and dear friend. He was here but a mo- 
ment ago. 

Alice (rising). Oh, then perhaps I had better go. 



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Jean. Please don 't. You surely had some motive in 
coming here. Won't you tell me what it was? 

Alice {speaking tensely across the tahle to Jean). 
Yes, I wanted to see what you looked like. You are a 
paragon in his eyes. Only to-night he wished that I 
was like you. That's why I came. To see for myself 
what special graces you have for luring my husband 
away from me. 

Jean (speaking seriously, a trifle sadly). Please — 
please do not saj^ anything you will regret later. I 
don't want Jim's wife to hate me. He said you were 
not jealous — but I see you are — and I am glad. 

Alice. Glad? 

Jean. Yes — because where there is jealousy there is 
most likely love. It is not me your husband cares for. 
I only represent to him the things he would like you to 
be. Deep down in his heart I am sure he has a real and 
true affection for you that no other woman can win 
from you. 

Alice. I have tried to be a good wife. 

Jean. Yes, he admits you have kept his house in 
order and looked after his comforts, but a paid servant 
would do as much. I know Jim of old. I know how 
he admires a pretty, beautifully gowned woman — all 
men do. You have the means and the opportunity to 
make the most of your appearance in your husband's 
eyes. Have you done so? (Alice glances ruefully at 
Tier plain costume. Jean smiles) Yes, it is very good 
material — selected for its durability rather than its 
beauty. {Crosses to Alice, removes her hat) You have 
beautiful hair. What a pleasure a good French maid 
would take in dressing it and arranging it becomingly. 
Your hat would do nicely for a woman in very moderate 
circumstances who had to make the pennies count, but 
for the wife of a prosperous lawyer, who is only too 
willing to make her a proper allowance, it is — to say the 
least — out of date. 

Alice {angrily). You are insulting. Madam. 

Jean. Yes, I know ; I am risking your displeasure in 



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order to make the truth plain to you. You are risking 
your life's happiness because you are blind to the little 
things that count between a man and a woman. Will 
you let me be still more brutal, and show you the dif- 
ference ? 

Alice. What do you mean ? 

Jean. Let my maid take charge of you for a few 
minutes. Promise me to put yourself entirely in her 
hands, and let us see the result. Will you ? 

Alice. That is an odd request. 

Jean {takes her hands). My dear, you have clung 
religiously to the conventions all your life. Take a 
friendly tip and do the unconventional thing once, 
please. 

Alice. Very well. I'm beginning to like you, Jean 
Downes. 

Jean. I'm glad of that. {Goes toward d. r.) Marie! 

ENTER Marie d. r., remains up stage. 

Marie. Yes, Madame? 

Jean, Marie, this is Mrs. Norton. I 've been singing 
your praises and telling her how beautifully you dress 
the hair. She is anxious to try your skill. Take her 
into the other room and do your prettiest. 

Marie {goes toward d. l.). Yes, Madame. It will be 
a pleasure. 

Alice {crosses to Marie, smiles at Jean). I am be- 
coming interested, mj^self. 

Jean. And, Marie, Mrs. Norton and I are of about 
the same figure, don't you think? 

Marie. Very much indeed, Madame. 

Jean {bright and alert). The new dinner gown that 
came yesterday. I wish to see Mrs. Norton in it. 

Marie. Yes, Madame. 

Alice {at d. l., looking across at Jean). I don't 
know what you are up to, Jean Downes, but I will follow 
your lead. 

Jean {in a happy mood). I am going to show you 
how to play your hand, Alice. (Marie and Alice EXIT 



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D. L. Jean hecomes pensive, almost sad. Goes to table, 
in a meditative mood) His wife! And I am giving him 
back to her. How easy it would be to — ^but no, Jean 
Downes, you've always played square. Play square 
now! (Bell rings. Jean goes to d. l., speaks through 
door) I will attend to the door, Marie. {Smiles and 
nods head approvingly) Ah, how becoming that, is to 
you. I knew it would be. Go on with your task, Marie. 
Come in as soon as you are ready, Alice. {Bell rings 
again. Jean goes to d. c, tu7'ns to R. in hall, RE- 
ENTERS immediately, speaking to Jim, who follows 
her) So you succeeded in getting the tickets, did you? 

Jim {pats hat on costumer, goes down). Yes, the very 
seats I had before. Isn't that luck? {Looks at table) 
Oh, I say, we shan't have much time for dinner. 

Jean {laughs). And a man must eat. 

Jim. I was thinking of you, Jean. To tell the truth, 
Alice had a corking dinner ready before I left, and it 
takes more than a fit of the sulks to rob me of my appe- 
tite. But I insist on your having your dinner before we 
start. 

Jean. Jim, I hope you won't be disappointed, but 
I'm afraid I can't go to the opera after all. 

Jim {surprised). Can't go? Why, what has hap- 
pened? You're not ill, Jean? {Takes her hands) 

Jean. No, I'm never ill. But a friend has called 
during your absence ; she is in the other room. 

Jim. Oh, hang it ! I don 't wish to say anything 
against your friend, Jean, but I do wish she had selected 
some other evening for her visit. I thought I was going 
to have you all to myself, and here somebody else comes 
butting in. Who is she? Do I know her? 

Jean. Maybe you do. If not, I '11 introduce you. 

Jim. Well, I had better try to get another ticket, but 
I'm afraid it is impossible to get three together this late 
in the evening. 

Jean. Jim, will you do me a favor ? {Puts her hand 
on his arm) 

Jim. I will do anything in the world for you, Jean. 



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Jean. Then I want you to take my friend to the 
opera to-night, and leave me at home. 

Jim. Jean! You don't mean that! You don't know 
how much I've been looking forward to this evening 
with you — just we two — and more evenings like this. 
And here, at the very start-off, you send me off with 
some perfectly strange woman that I don't care a hang 
about. 

Jean. I think you will care a great deal for her when 
you really know her, Jim. She is a dear, sweet little 
woman, and she loves you with all her heart. 

Jim {taken by surprise). She — she — what? 

Jean. She loves you, Jim. 

Jim. Jean, dear, are you going crazy? You mean to 
tell me this friend of yours, whom I don't know from 
Adam, loves me — me ? 

Jean. She as much as told me so. 

Jim. Good gracious! I had no idea I was such an 
Adonis! Jean, you're joking. Remember, until this 
moment I have been a perfectly upright married man; 
not a very loving husband, I admit, but a good one; a 
perfectly good one, Jean; and here you are trying to 
knock me off my pins by assuring me that a perfectly 
strange woman loves me. You were joking, I know, but 
please don 't do it again, dear ; it upsets me dreadfully. 

Jean (laughs). I assure you it is the truth. Wait 
here and I will send her in to you. (Starts toward d. l.) 

Jim (catches her arm and draws her back). No, you 
don't. You're not going to leave me! 

Jean. Why not? You're not afraid of a woman? 

Jim. No, — but I'm not used to meeting women who 
love me. I'm afraid I won't know how to behave. 

Jean. Let me tell you what to do. As soon as she 
enters that door, take her in your arms, call her some 
sweet name, and kiss her. 

Jim. I don't know any sweet names. 

Jean. Surely you used to call your wife some pet 
name before you were married. 

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' ' Snookums, " but Jean dear, I can't go up to a per- 
fectly strange woman and call her " Snookums. ' * 

Jean (laughs). No, Jim, I'm afraid that wouldn't 
do. Well, you'll have to trust to luck; call her any- 
thing your heart dictates. 

Jim. Well, if you leave it to me, I'd call her a nui- 
sance for spoiling our evening together. 

Jean (going to d, h.), I Avant you to be very nice to 
her, Jimsy. [EXITS d. l. 

Jim. Now, what is she up to? That's the way with 
these temperamental people ; you never know what they 
are going to do next. (Goes R., picks up mirror from 
table, and glances into it) Good Lord, look at me. I 
wish I had a chance to fix up a bit 

ENTER Alice at d. l., handsomely dressed; she coughs 
slightly to attract Jim's attention. 

ENTER Marie d. l., puts handsome cloak on cJiair and 

EXITS D. R. 

Jim (as Alice coughs, he turns giiiltily, tries to hide 
mirror as he replaces it on table. He doesn't recognize 
Alice). I — I beg your pardon — ^Jean — er — Miss Downes 
neglected to mention your name — and — er — she doesn't 
seem to be here to introduce us. 

Alice (going to c, holding out both her hands to 
him). Why, Jimmie, don't you know me? 

Jim (surprised). Alice! Why — what — what in thun- 
der are you doing here, and what have you done to your- 
self — by George — you're a peach! 

Alice. Jim. 

Jim (still looking at her). Yes? 

Alice. Do you like peaches? (Holds out her arms 
to him) 

Jim (takes her in his arms). You bet I do, old girl. 
I never knew you were so darned good looking. But 
what brought you here? I didn't dream that you knew 
Jean. 

Alice. I never saw her until this evening. I came 



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here full of jealousy and rage. I wanted to see what 
kind of woman it was who was taking you away from 
me. Jim, I wasn't in the room three minutes before I 
fell in love with her too. She has given me a friendly 
tip, a lesson in the art of keeping a husband. I have 
always thought the way to keep a man was to feed him. 
It seems I was wrong. (Laughs) 

Jim {laughing, and taking her in his arms again^ 
By George, it's good to see you like this. Why, A]' ^, 
I'm proud of you. ,iC^^ 

Alice. It is going to cost you a few pennies 
year to see me dressed like this. > m&te ^ 

Jim. Hang the cost. Haven't we got if* 

ENTER Jean, d. l. - - 

Jean. I see you have bee ^(,[p 

Jim. Jean Downes, yr ,, ' ' -^ Sccjuaiinted. 
glad you two have met. ■!," st&Ii^mer! By George, I'm 

Jean. A man sh-- = ^ W'v^ife and my best friend. 
than his wife, Jimp ■'^^^ "ave no woman friend other 

Alice (j/oes U f- Kemeinber that, Alice, 
should be his * A^0): ^ But I am willing that you 
you let me \ ^^f ™2' *"<J I^ant you for mine. Won't 

Jean ' .•<*'<»*-yfla better? vTun i 

morrov; ^'fe«>rry, dear, but I sail for England to- 

I;«; J«?n-' Isn't this sudden? 
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Jean. Yes, that's as it s]widd be After that »n 
hon.e together and talk things over.'N'ou must nevfi 



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come so near drifting apart as you were to-night. 
{hisses Alice) Keep the gown and the cloak as a pres- 
ent from me. Good-bye, dear. (Puts cloak over Alice^s 
shoulders. Alice goes toward d. c.) 

Jim {goes to Jean, takes her hand). Then it's— 
good-bye? ' 

Jean. Yes. 

Jim {softly) I understand. {After a pressure of 
Jean s hand, lets it go, and turns up stage to Alice) 
A pleasant, safe voyage, Jean. 

[EXIT Jim and Auce d. c. arm in arm 
ENTER Marie d. r., remains there. 
Marie. Have they gone, Madame? 
Jean {has been standing motionless at table l. watch- 
ing Jim a;nd Alice EXIT ; softly) . Yes, they have gone, 
Mane. I am once more alone! 



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"INITIATION STUNTS 



By Lieut. Beale Cormack 

A collection of side degree stunts, initiations, yells, 
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Part I 

Fraternity Advantages 

Names for Social Clubs and Fraternities 

Slogans and Mottoes 

Greek Letter Societies 

Reason for Rough-House Initiation 

Yells 

Songs 

Pledge Stunts 

Fraternity Toast 

Part II 

Greek Letter Fraternities 

Side Degree "Eta Phi Mu" 

Oath 

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Miscellaneous Yells 

Banquet Toasts 

Hazing the Obstreperous 

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